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Legendary
2010 | 107 minutes | Rated PG-13
The wrestling scenes are the best part of this drama produced by World Wrestling Entertainment; director Mel Damski generates excitement and even displays some visual ingenuity in the matches (in one sequence he manages to fit two bouts into a single shot). The story is less inspired, however: a bookish high school student comes to terms with his father’s death and reunites with his estranged brother while training to be a state champion. Like an all-American inversion of totalitarian cinema, the drama mainly yields a rote confirmation of national values--in this case family and believing in oneself--but the players still find some authentic grace notes in the material. Patricia Clarkson infuses her caricatured single-mother with a bruised 9-to-5 weariness, and pro-wrestler Jon Cena, as the brother, is surprisingly effective doing a blue-collar number.
Official Site: legendarythemovie.com
Director: Mel Damski
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, John Cena, Devon Graye, Danny Glover, Tyler Posey, Madeline Martin and John Posey
Director: Mel Damski
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, John Cena, Devon Graye, Danny Glover, Tyler Posey, Madeline Martin and John Posey
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